Business Stories from May 29, 2012 (Change date)
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Sprint to shut Nextel as early as June 2013May 29, 2012 11:20 am - NEW YORK — Sprint says it will shut down the Nextel network as early as June 30 next year, cutting off service for its characteristic walkie-talkie-like Nextel phones. S...
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Samsung begins Europe sales of latest smartphoneMay 29, 2012 11:15 am - SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of mobile phones, said its third-generation Galaxy S smartphone went on sale Tuesday in 28 Europe...
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Europeans ambivalent to the euro, survey findsMay 29, 2012 11:15 am - LONDON — The debt crisis that has ravaged Europe for the best part of three years has exposed a dislike of the single currency but little desire to abandon it, a wide-ra...
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Facebook shares retreat to new low as options trading beginsMay 29, 2012 11:15 am - Facebook Inc. shares fell to a new low, extending losses from the worst-performing large initial public offering during the past decade to more than 20 percent. The stoc...
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Dairies pamper cows with massages, waterbedsMay 29, 2012 11:15 am - CHILTON, Wis. — Lucky, a 7-year-old dairy cow, had been walking with a limp for several weeks when veterinarian Sara Gilbertson was called. Instead of prescribing painki...
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Consumer confidence in the economy plunged in MayMay 29, 2012 11:06 am - NEW YORK — Americans feel worse about the economy in May than they have in eight months as worries about the weak jobs, housing and stock markets continue to rattle them...
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Google claims victory in French case over TFL copyrightMay 29, 2012 10:43 am - Google Inc. said it won a French court case over alleged copyright infringement by its YouTube video service that rejected a claim from broadcaster TF1 for 140 million e...
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New cyberweapon discovered; Iranian computers hitMay 29, 2012 10:36 am - LONDON — A massive data-slurping cyberweapon is circulating in the Middle East, a Russian Internet security firm reported Monday, saying that computers in Iran appear to...
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Home prices in U.S. fell at slower pace in year ended MarchMay 29, 2012 8:29 am - Home values in 20 U.S. cities fell in the 12 months ended March at the slowest pace in more than a year as lower borrowing costs and an improving job market gave sales a...
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Company moving ahead on C. Indiana wind farmMay 29, 2012 8:11 am - KOKOMO, Ind. — A company planning to build a wind farm spread across four central Indiana counties is asking officials in one of those counties for property tax breaks o...